Hi all. I am a financial analyst and I am in big time quandary. We are working on a make or break project to complete a very important module for a mega banking product.

Laugh at me or have pity, but I have somehow missed the bus so far as Information Technology is concerned. I know zilch about programming and all that stuff. But I can’t say no to my boss, can I? Also, my successful participation might just make me a more rounded professional.

So guys help me out. I have started lapping up whatever I could on the software development process and the technologies specific for this project. I have made my Indian friends (boy, do they know their stuff!) working with IT giants like Infosys, Wipro, Brickred etc. to help me out. But most of them are talking in a language that is Greek to me.

So all you people reading it, please help me out. Some of you may have gone through a similar stage. So you are in a better position to understand me and pry me out of this hole. So please start writing in – in simple English!.